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La imagen parece representar la Virtus romana reprimiendo la frivolidad erótica vienesa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEl ex libris fue diseñado para Franz Winter por el artista comercial e ilustrador austriaco Franz von Bayros (1866-1924). Bayros se formó en la Academia de Viena. Se relacionó con la alta sociedad y formó parte del círculo de amigos de Johann Strauss II, con cuya hijastra, Alice, se casó en 1896. Bayros perteneció al movimiento decadentista, utilizando a menudo temas eróticos e imágenes fantasmagóricas. En 1911, creó su obra más famosa y controvertida, \"Cuentos del tocador\", por la que posteriormente fue arrestado y exiliado de Alemania. 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